Police: Person hit by gunfire in Corky Row

Detectives are searching for a shooter after gunfire injured one person late Saturday night on Morgan Street.

Kevin P. O'Connor Herald News Staff Reporter @HNKPO

FALL RIVER — Detectives are searching for a shooter after gunfire injured one person late Saturday night on Morgan Street.

Police confirmed that someone was taken to the hospital after being shot in the hand at 11:30 p.m. at the corner of Morgan and Third streets.

The police scanner carried radio traffic of the search for two men and two women in connection with the shooting. No arrests had been made by 4 p.m. Sunday, but detectives were in the Corky Row neighborhood following up on leads, according to the police.

Police received several calls reporting gunshots Saturday. Officers arrived to find one person hurt and other people quickly leaving the area. Uniformed officers searched for witnesses and evidence at the scene. According to police and police scanner traffic, people were questioned but no one was arrested.

Detectives were called in. Prosecutors provided assistance in an advisory capacity, standard procedure in any incident that involves a gunshot victim, according to Gregg Miliote, spokesman for District Attorney Sam Sutter.

Prosecutor Michael Cahillane got the call early Sunday and began working with detectives on the investigation.

"Sam Sutter's policy, since late 2007, has been to involve our prosecutors in non-fatal shootings right from the start," Miliote said. "We take an advisory role and give them all the support we can."

Police have not yet released the name of the person shot. His injuries were not life-threatening, officers said.